This book not only symbolizes the power one person has to motivate, connect and elevate the needs of others, but can also ...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Miss Savannah Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant, an empowering platform designed to ...

The holiday traces back 160 years on the island, to the day General Gordon Granger announced enslaved people were free two ...

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While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, people who were enslaved in Confederate states could not exercise their freedoms, according to the National Museum ...

The University of West Florida is considering a proposal to remove Juneteenth as one of the eight paid holidays for employees ...

The Park District will spend $28,000 to put on the drone show Thursday evening, matching the bid submitted by one vendor to put on a fireworks show. The park district hopes the new Juneteenth event ...

Back in September 2020, then-President Donald Trump — ever the showman — made a bold pitch to Black voters: he would make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It was part of his glossy “Platinum Plan,” which ...

On Juneteenth, the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, gathered to honor a history of resilience. "They had a rhythm in Rondo, it had a different vibe than any other place in the city of St.

Thursday marked the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth and freedom for Black Americans. The federal holiday recognizes the official end of slavery through the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by ...

A fundraising dinner to benefit the seventh-annual Potsdam community-wide Juneteenth Celebration will be held Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for seating at a community meal and to-go ...